Crewe Alex: Burnley chat was learning experience, says Davis

STEVE Davis says being interviewed for the Burnley job was a "good experience", but insists Crewe and himself are the perfect match.

Davis, pictured, was snaffled by Burnley from Crewe for £15,000 when he was a highly-rated 22-year-old centre-half back in the summer of 1987.

And the Lancashire club inquired about their former captain when manager Eddie Howe quit the Clarets to join Bournemouth last month.

Alex chairman John Bowler gave them permission to talk to Davis, but he insists that doesn't mean he's ready to leave Gresty Road.

"I met them away from Burnley, in Stoke, and it was basically to get some experience," explained Davis, who was on a 10-man shortlist before Burnley appointed Sean Dyche.

"I've never had an interview before, so for me it was about talking to them, getting to know who they were, what their plans were and about the whole experience of sitting down with three guys and going through the interview process.

"From my point of view it was good. I enjoyed the experience of it. That doesn't mean to say I was ever going to leave the football club. That decision would have come later if it ever happened.

"I've always said I'd stay here until I had taken the football club as far as I could, and that's what I intend to do.

"I have no intentions of going back on my word at all and I'm happy at the club. I want to keep pushing the club forward if I can, and I think I'm the right man for the job in the future."

Davis, who is negotiating a new contract with Crewe, was also linked with the Birmingham City job in the summer.

But he added: "I'm a realist, I'm not going to get carried away thinking I could jump right into a Premier League or Championship club at the moment.

"I think I'm at the right club in terms of where I am, and I've only been here a year.

"I need time to make a few more mistakes and learn the game, learn how to manage at this level on a low budget, how to manage players, which I think I can do.

"I need those experiences before I jump into a bigger pond, and I'm willing to stay here as long as it takes."